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Zytiga working again?

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Has anyone heard of Zytiga being used again with something other than Prednisone and it works again? I know I’ve seen this a couple of times on some posts but now I can’t find it!

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If you switch steroids to Dexamethasone, you can sometimes extend the response. Google "SWITCH trial" and you can get the details.

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Thank you so much!

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Gregg is spot on about the dexamethasone ....

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/300...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

The other thing you can try---after switching to dexamethasone--- is adding indomethacin to zytiga which may give a boost:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/277...

All the best,

Fish

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Greeting jacquitiani - Please don't "quit" on us and tell us more about yourself. Age? Location? Treatment center? Doctor(s) name(s)? All info voluntary. Info helps us help you and help us too. If you respond please do so in a future post. Not today and NOT to me.

Thank you.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Tuesday 04/02/2019 7:34 PM EDT

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